Its China; they have plenty of regulations. Maybe even more than we do.
Since its Chinese people building in China, it’s cheaper to bribe the inspectors than it is to comply with the regulations.
If the contractor is politically connected, because he bribes officials as well as inspectors, he will escape punishment too, as well as receive the contract to complete this structure, again, and others in the future.
Because its China!

Dana Garcia

Bribes?? I forgot about BRIBES!!.

Living in the first world can make one forget about the extent of third worldy diversity,

David Murrell

Sorry to disagree with you a bit here, but there is plenty of bribes passed around in first-world North America and Europe — but the corruption here centers in the media, universities and senior government.

“There’s a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime”

BillyHW

You needed to wear galoshes in that room on that day I tell you.

mobuyus

They need Ontario’s mandatory “working at heights” courses.

Hard Little Machine

But how does the building feel about transphobia?

Blacksmith

That is the pertinent question isn’t it?

Brett_McS

This could be what is called a pin house, which is built out of the cheapest material available, as high as possible, because the land is likely to be bought for apartments and the amount of compensation paid is based on the size and number of levels of the existing structure on the land.